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PH65323: DFHFC7111 AND REPEATED ABEND0C6 SEVERAL MINUTES AFTER THE CFDT SERVER FAILS AND THEN RESTARTS.

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APAR status

  • Closed as unreproducible.

Error description

  • The CFDT server fails and restarts.   Then several minutes
    later, a CICS region that had been connected to that CFDT
    issues:
    
    AXMSC0042  Connection close failed for token 12345670, reason is
    
    8.
    
    DFHFC7111 DBDCCICS An attempt to disconnect from the coupling
    facility data table server for pool POOL1 for connection token
    X'12345670', issued by module DFHFCDO has failed.
    AXMSC0031I Connection to server DFHCF.POOL1 has been opened.
    
    
    Then after that, at regular intervals, that same CICS region
    gets IEA995I messages reporting abend0C6 .   There is a Sysabend
    
    dump that shows that the abend0C6 is occurring in the CFDT
    Server address space and is a purposeful abend0C6 .  The BEA for
    
    that abend0C6 shows that the brancher to the odd address is at
    offset x'8A' into AXMXMBEG.
    
    See associated fix: PH53504
    

Local fix

Problem summary

  • ****************************************************************
    * USERS AFFECTED: All CICS Users.                              *
    ****************************************************************
    * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: CFDT server reconnect after abnormal    *
    *                      termination during an open API program  *
    *                      run caused abend ACFC.                  *
    ****************************************************************
    CFDT server was disconnected unexpectedly while an Open API
    program was running and using the CFDT server. Disconnect error
    is observed in the joblog.
    Later on when the CFDT server is restarted, CICS region
    gets IEA995I messages reporting ABEND0C6. It indicates that
    the CFDT reconnect occurred on a different TCB than the
    connection-owning TCB.
    Abend ACFC may also be observed indicating CF data table reopen
    failed.
    

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

  • DFHFCDC, DFHFCDO and DFHFCDU have been changed to switch to the
    QR TCB when reconnecting to CFDT pool server.
    

APAR Information

  • APAR number

    PH65323

  • Reported component name

    CICS TS Z/OS V6

  • Reported component ID

    5655YA100

  • Reported release

    400

  • Status

    CLOSED UR3

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    YesHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt / Xsystem

  • Submitted date

    2025-02-18

  • Closed date

    2025-11-04

  • Last modified date

    2025-11-30

  • APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

    UO05658

Modules/Macros

  • DFHFCDO  DFHFCDR  DFHFCDU
    

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    CICS TS Z/OS V6

  • Fixed component ID

    5655YA100

Applicable component levels

  • R400 PSY UO05658

       UP25/11/08 P F511 ¢

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Document Information

Modified date:
30 November 2025